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Quote:Does it make you cry robot tears at night, when you realize that robots would never exist without some fleshy meatsack building one, some where, at some time?Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Robots: Superior
Plantlife: Inferior
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Quoth the raven?
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Quote:Peace. 'Twas meant to be tongue-in-cheek, which I thought the 'See what I did there?' indicated. You've done a much better job of keeping your cool than I ever would.Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
If it's alright with you, I'd like to be able to discuss reasonable changes to an archetype with which I have at least some experience without being called an unskilled noob. Regardless of how much I've been trying to point out the flaws in the AS/Placate mechanic on teams, I am capable of setting that combination up.Quote:
Might that require a bit of technique, knowledge, and experience? Why, yes, it would. And some skill and finesse, too.
See what I did there?
The fact that some people who played each of those archetypes thought it might be a good idea to make it a little easier to achieve these things didn't make them unskilled players, either.
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Quote:And on Mars, the price of Milk is $2.75. Plus tax.Originally Posted by Test_Rat
You go right ahead and queue up your AS.
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Quote:So, this touches upon a rather minor point I would like to raise. Consistently, the hypothetical mob of mobs being assaulted assumes everyone starts from go.Originally Posted by Leo_G
...<wherein Leo rocks out to a pretty awesome vent.>
In my experience, there is only one such mob on any given map where everyone has a strong probability of attacking with coordination: The first. After that, it's more like a rotation thing. People are attacking mobs, as things die, some move forwards, some stay behind to finish off the stragglers, and then join up with the people attacking the next group, rinse, repeat. So, if a Stalker's got an inherent that makes him a bloody ninja when he wants terribly to be, what's to stop him from leaving just a little bit earlier? Does that last Bronze Strongman really need three people wailing on it? That Crey Rent-A-Cop? Yeah, were it me, I'd feel a bit patronized that other members of my team thought I couldn't handle it on my own. Just sayin'.
Anyway, so, my point is, it's not necessarily a three-second slog from the moment someone yells 'Go!'. There are ways to set an AS up so it lands in a timely manner.
Might that require a bit of technique, knowledge, and experience? Why, yes, it would. And some skill and finesse, too.
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Quote:Well, and here inexperience bites me in the ***. I haven't ever had a high-level Stalker, and when I've teamed with them, I've never really paid them any attention. Figured they were doing their own Stabbity Death! thing.Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
Keep in mind we're talking team stalkers verses solo. Teams won't wait around for a stalker to prep for even three seconds, much less seven. (And I realize that you were just tossing out a number there. No one really needs seven seconds to prep, eh?)
My point is that in order to make stalkers more team friendly, they made them more like scrappers with the ability to crit out of hide on any target (early on it was just a chance to crit on held or slept targets) that scales with number of teammates in range. The more people on your team, the more like a scrapper you play. Your AS doesn't see nearly as much use during normal teaming as it does solo, and AS (combined with your tier 9) is close to half your damage potential.
What it boils down to is that - while teamed - a stalker plays like a weak scrapper unless your team is fighting AV's and hard targets, which are a small fraction of total teamable content.
And I'll be the last person to say scrappers are boring.
Huh. Well, I'd thought Stalkers got fixed up back in the day. Shame, or something, I guess. -
I'm reading this five-to-seven seconds number a lot, and forgive me if I'm missing something here, I'm one of those boring, low-brow Scrappers y'all made speak of, but isn't that number irrelevant at best and disingenuous at worst?
Can a Scrapper do more damage from more safety after five-to-seven seconds?
...******* duh. This isn't news. 'Twas my perception that the point of a Stalker is to end the fight before then. If a Scrapper fights for ten seconds, then the Stalker preps for seven and fights for three.
So, if the two are quite apples and oranges, why are they being compared? -
I'm dropping Dark Blast for Blinding Powder. I don't really need a ranged attack with Blackwand, and it wasn't slotted for anything, anyways.
On the subject of attack chains, It looks like, right now, I'll be using
Energy Punch->Bone Smasher->Barrage->Boxing
as my basic chain, with Total Focus and Energy Transfer thrown in as they pop (Which is roughly every twelve seconds.)
...Which, by my calculations, is around 85 damage per second.
So, that's not that bad, from a burst set with some heavy-hitters to add in the orange, is it? -
So, Going Rogue's in the air, and I've decided to take a (no pun intended) stab at playing a Stalker. Traditionally, this hasn't gone well, but I think that the right combination of concept, orange numbers, and OMG GR!!1!! might be just the ticket.
So, below is the build I've got so far. I'm not using purples, or anything grossly expensive. I like to build builds that I could feasibly have in-game for a couple hundred million and some patience.
Notes: This is a PvE build. I know some powers might be in weird places, but I wasn't sure what things were really priorities, and what could wait a few levels.
Also, I'm not terribly concerned with Barrage being in the 20's. I've got a metric ****-ton of Vet powers, and I might as well use 'em.
So, without further ado, build:
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.803
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Level 50 Magic Stalker
Primary Power Set: Energy Melee
Secondary Power Set: Ninjitsu
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Energy Punch -- C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx(3), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(5), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(13), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(17), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(19)
Level 1: Hide -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(5), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(11), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(15), T'Death-Dam%(19)
Level 4: Danger Sense -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(13), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(25), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def(36), RedFtn-EndRdx(37)
Level 6: Assassin's Strike -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(7), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(7), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(9), T'Death-Dam%(11)
Level 8: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 10: Ninja Reflexes -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(15), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(25), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(31), RedFtn-Def(36), RedFtn-EndRdx(36)
Level 12: Placate -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Zephyr-Travel(A), Zephyr-ResKB(17), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx(42)
Level 16: Kuji-In Rin -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 18: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(21), EndMod-I(21)
Level 22: Barrage -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(23), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(23), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37), T'Death-Dam%(37)
Level 24: Build Up -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(42), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 26: Energy Transfer -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(27), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(27), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(29), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(29), T'Death-Dam%(31)
Level 28: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 30: Kuji-In Sha -- Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx(A), Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(39), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(40), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(40), Dct'dW-Heal(40)
Level 32: Total Focus -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(33), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(33), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(33), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), T'Death-Dam%(34)
Level 35: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 38: Kuji-In Retsu -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(39), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(39), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def(46), RedFtn-EndRdx(46)
Level 41: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(42), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(46), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg(50), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(50), Aegis-ResDam(50)
Level 44: Weave -- RedFtn-Def/EndRdx(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(45), RedFtn-EndRdx/Rchg(45), RedFtn-Def/EndRdx/Rchg(48), RedFtn-Def(48), RedFtn-EndRdx(48)
Level 47: Dark Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg(A)
Level 49: Recall Friend -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Assassination
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Quote:In contrast to others, I salute you on a well-executed play. Good show, sir.Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf
My Updated Bids are as follows at 5:59 PM Eastern:
Champion: 6,666,777
Freedom: 2,666,777
Guardian: 6,666,777
Infinity: 2,666,777
Justice: 10,666,777
Liberty: 666,777
Protector: 35,666,777
Triumph: 10,666,777
Victory: 50,666,777
Virtue: 100,666,777
Now, would you kindly share a victory drink with me? Roofies? No, no, that's the taste of aged cedar! -
Quote:No, I insist on Steelclaw's virtue.Originally Posted by Brillig
60M on Virtue.
75 Million. -
45 million on Virtue, if you'd kindly.
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Quote:You're about to have a very good day.
I rue the day that Alanis mislabeld unfortunately and sometimes sad events as ironic. She has mislead and miseducated millions of Americans (and possibly Canadians too) about the definition of ironic. How someone who seems so intelligent get such an easy concept so wrong baffles me. -
Quote:I dunno. The immortal character I think I've enjoyed most is Amaranth, from Tales of MU, an immortal nymph... who was born seventeen years ago.
The truly interesting immortal characters, in my opinion, are the ones that have lived for significantly longer than the "normal" immortal.
That's kind of the same boat Statesman is in, no? -
I perused ParagonWiki, which said that the official date is August 17th, but I also seem to recall it being set in July, once upon a time. Am I tripping on something, or is this a factual recollection?
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Quote:That's one of those single entendres, isn't it?Originally Posted by Harry_Canyon
I once bent over the world and had a taste myself....
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Shield Defense, Ninjutsu and Super Reflexes all have mez protection that's not a toggle, but a click. Not only is it not perma until SOs, but what's the point any more? Back in the day, it made perfect sense. It had to be reapplied, but it couldn't be de-toggled. Nowadays, when mez protection doesn't detoggle, it's just a gimped power, methinks.
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Quote:No, see, 'cause he's a 'young man' who you ordered to your room, like a mom would, and...Originally Posted by LISAR
???
Ummmm...ewww
Yeah, it was funnier in my head. Can I plead finals week as an excuse? -
Quote:It's only valid in that it's both sound and true. It's also disingenuous and a bit insulting. But SpittingTrashcan is moving on, so perhaps we should, too.Originally Posted by Decorum
**shrugs** It's valid. Laws are all about technicality and details.
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Quote:Does he have a goatee? Goatees are evil, you know.
Therefore the reason that Reichsman rises to power is that that dimension's Spock does not prevent Kirk and/or McCoy from saving Keeler. The proper line of inquiry clearly should be focused on that dimension's Spock!
Is Mr. No Pants happy to find out he's Iocasta's first husband?Quote:That's it young man!
GO TO MY ROOM! -
Quote:You misunderstand. I'm not questioning the door's locked status. I'm questioning GG's latest counter-argument.Originally Posted by Decorum
Seriously. We don't ever "break into" anything. Worst could be said is "illegal entry/trespassing".
Criminals are kind of dumb for not locking the doors...
So, it wasn't
"Seriously, the door was open? Huh."
So much as
"Seriously? You're going to play stupid instead of presenting a real argument? That's really the way you thought this one should play out?" -
Quote:In the comics, Statesman mentions he supported Women's Suffrage...Originally Posted by AwesomusPrime
Here's something most people gloss over, people were completely ready to blame the Jews and noone really asked where they were going. The Holocaust is not why we faught against the Germans, but rather a desire not to be dominated by another power.
IN all likelyhood the States in OUR dimension was pretty hard on the Jews and likely African Americans as well, Gays etc, until society as a whole became more tolerant and he either followed suit or pretended too.
If he went to help Germany with the restoration the only leap he'd need to make is German empire over American and that would be an easier arguement to win for the Nazi Party.
EDIT: To the collected thread and its inhabitants as a whole, I submit the following fallacy. It's called affirming the consequent, and it happens when you declare that because Effect Z happened, Cause A must have happened.
Or, to put it in more relevant terms, Reichsman's existence is not sufficient proof to determine the nature of reality and "multi-dimensional" universes. -
Quote:...Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I didn't break in - I clicked on the door, and it opened
Seriously? -
Quote:Ghost Widow is already confirmed as a (I believe) high-ranking Resistance fighter.
The Banshee is the alternate Ghost Widow. Once she was Stefan's lover, but she was killed by Tyrant. Unfortunately for Tyrant and his Praetorians, she didn't /stay/ dead -- she is bound to the ideals espoused by Stefan. Only when the very last shred of freedom is crushed under Tyrant's boot will she vanish.
Also, Calvin Scott seems to fill to literary role of your reimagined Recluse. That being said, it's certainly a concept with promise. -
Quote:It is if you're breaking into a warehouse.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
But there wasn't any reception area, so I had to let myself in - it's not my fault if there's no welcome desk where I can ask to speak to the manager of the facility about an important security issue that I nede his help with